Field tests of carbon monitoring methods in forestry projects
In response to the emerging scientific consensus on the facts of global climate change, the international Joint Implementation (JI) program provided a pilot phase in which utilities and other industries could finance, among other activities, international efforts to sequester carbon dioxide, a major greenhouse gas. To make JI and its successor mechanisms workable, however, cost-effective methods are needed for monitoring progress in the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. The papers in this volume describe field test experiences with methods for measuring carbon storage by three types of land use: natural forest, plantation forest, and agroforestry. Each test, in a slightly different land-use situation, contributes to the knowledge of carbon-monitoring methods as experienced in the field. The field tests of the agroforestry guidelines in Guatemala and the Philippines, for example, suggested adaptations in terms of plot size and method of delineating the total area for sampling.
- Research Organization:
- Winrock International Inst. for Agricultural Development, Forest Carbon Monitoring Program, Arlington, VA (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 362204
- Report Number(s):
- PB--99-143265/XAB
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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